It’s been a long few months for Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Since the official league year began, he’s seen his team acquire quarterback Nick Foles from the Jacksonville Jaguars in a trade and decline his fifth-year option, ensuring 2020 is his final season under contract as a Bear.
Amidst this wild offseason, Trubisky has remained silent until Friday afternoon when he met reporters for a press conference. A lot came out of the media session and I had quite a few reactions to what he said about this upcoming season, as well as the 2019 season.
Here are my takeaways from Trubisky’s press conference.
1. Trubisky is mad – and that’s a good thing
I vividly remember hearing Trubisky’s phone call with general manager Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox back in 2017 when he was drafted. The Bears second-overall pick sounded like a little kid who was thrilled he was picked first for dodgeball in elementary school when Pace traded up to select him. Who could blame him? He had a wonderment to him, someone who felt a little green and saw nothing but potential in the pros.
Now, three years later, Trubisky appears to be hardened by the harshness of the NFL. He admits he was “pissed off” about the Foles trade, albeit in a good way, and knows his pro future hangs in the balance of the 2020 season after regressing in his third year. This is a side of Trubisky we really haven’t seen yet and it could bring out the best in him when practices begin again.
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